Archives and Reading Rooms – Locations and Opening Hours

The reading rooms at Robert-Koch-Platz and Pariser Platz have limited barrier-free access. The buildings at Luisenstraße and Chausseestraße are not barrier-free. If you have any comments or questions, please contact us at inklusion@adk.de.

Main Reading Room

Main Reading Room for the following Archive Departments: Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Historical Archives, Film- and Media Arts, Literature, Music

Robert-Koch-Platz 10
10115 Berlin
T +49(0)30-200 57-32 47
F +49(0)30-200 57-31 02
benutzung@adk.de

Monday to Friday 
9 am to 5 pm
Thursday 9 am to 7 pm

S + U Hauptbahnhof
U Naturkundemuseum
Tram M5, M8, M10
Bus 142, 245

Reading Room Pariser Platz

Architectural Archives, Library

Pariser Platz 4
10117 Berlin
T +49(0)30-200 57-15 60
F +49(0)30-200 57-15 16
lesesaalpariserplatz@adk.de

Temporarily open
Monday to Thursday
10 am to 4 pm

S+U Brandenburger Tor
Bus 100

Art Collection

Luisenstraße 60
10117 Berlin
T +49(0)30-200 57-40 00
F +49(0)30-200 57-40 33
kunstsammlung@adk.de

Monday to Friday 
10 am to 5 pm

U Oranienburger Tor
S Friedrichstraße
Bus 147

Walter Benjamin Archive

Luisenstraße 60
10117 Berlin
T +49(0)30-200 57-40 56
F +49(0)30-200 57-40 48
walterbenjaminarchiv@adk.de

Monday to Friday 
10 am to 5 pm

U Oranienburger Tor
S Friedrichstraße
Bus 147

Bertolt Brecht Archive

Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin
T +49(0)30-200 57-18 00
F +49(0)30-200 57-18 33
bertoltbrechtarchiv@adk.de

Tuesday to Thursday
9 am to 4 pm
Friday
9 am to 3 pm

U Naturkundemuseum
U Oranienburger Tor
S Nordbahnhof
Tram M5, M8, M10, M12